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July 21, 2008

G101: Red Sox 4, Mariners 0

Lester, working on 12 days rest, was superb (7.1-8-0-0-6, 103), throwing only 60 pitches (and 48 strikes!) through the first six innings. His sinker was outstanding.

After allowing two singles to start the eighth, Lester got a line out before another single banged off his shin to load the bases. Jonathan Papelbon came in and threw two pitches, getting Raul Ibanez to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. Bot then pitched a perfect ninth: 6-3, 3U, L4.

Boston got on the board in the fifth when Coco Crisp walked with one out and Jason Varitek lined a home run to left (not a typo!). Jed Lowrie's bases-loaded single brought home two insurance runs in the eighth.

In addition to his dong, Varitek singled and walked, Lowrie singled twice and walked, Crisp singled and walked three times, Manny Ramirez singled three times, and Kevin Youkilis singled, walked and was HBP.

The 6-7-8-9 spots in the Sox order reached base 13 times in 19 opportunities -- and scored and drove in all four runs.

The Rays two-hit the Athletics 2-0 and the Yankees routed the Twins 12-4. So the standings remain the same: Boston 1.5 GB, New York 4.5 GB.

ha, i think i got permanently banned from SoSH.i think they even blocked my IP address as i cant even register for a new account.i said the most harmless shit, meanwhile people are saying jokes about mike lowell having one testicle, and wishing cancer upon people, and they don't get banned. i seriously dont even know what i could've said to get banned.this place is king anyway, i just used to get a kick out of those miserable fucks...tonight we must win, as the yanks and rays are putting a hurtin' on their opposing teams.

it could have been the inflammatory username i used after getting banned a couple of times for going back an forth harmlessly with a yankee fan. they are such pussies over there. can you see the forums?i can even browse the forum, i get the old, you dont have permission to view this page routine. had i known they would actually block my IP addy i wouldve been a square on that board.fuck 'em.

"[Francona] reiterated that he will not start hitting for Jason Varitek, who is in the worst slump of his life."

Now, honestly: how stupid is THAT? This is a manager who puts in an inferior fielder as a late-inning defensive replacement for a shortstop with superior range and arm in a fielding slump, but he won't pinch-hit for an aging catcher who hasn't hit all that much for the past two years and is really stinking up the joint now?

I put this in the same category as last season's "Eric Gagne is going to be very important to this team down the stretch" mantra as he stunk game after game.

that whole '03 era, that was when I was starting to pay attention to it. I tried get in just to be able to post or whatever. I didn't understand why they couldn't just let anybody in, but still, I thought I was pretty qualified to talk about the Red Sox. But I guess not.

I thought I was pretty qualified to talk about the Red Sox. But I guess not.

I think they set the bar too high. So, I just don't bother with it. There's a difference between screening for stupid people and screening and weeding out only the special people. But, that's their thing. So I don't deal with it. Not worth my time, and I don't feel I need to impress anyone just to be given a membership.

Castig and O'Brien were talking about Ichiro's prodigious power, hitting balls into the upper decks during batting practice, and how he really wanted to participate in the home run derby. But during games he just chooses to hit for average.

ish said... Castig and O'Brien were talking about Ichiro's prodigious power, hitting balls into the upper decks during batting practice, and how he really wanted to participate in the home run derby. But during games he just chooses to hit for average.

Why does anybody care if Posada is on the DL? He was too much of a liability behind the plate with the piece of driftwood attached to his body. His hitting wasn't so good that he'll be truly missed from the lineup, either.

On my comments about racists. I just mean that many of the people who want Manny off the team are just racist--so whenever he does something good, those people are stuck not knowing if they wanna keep him despite his "antics" or dump him despite the fact that he wins us World Series all the freakin time.

Jere said... The difference is Boggs was full of shit. He just happened to hit all those homers in the year of the jumpy ball.

(Note: I'm sure Boggs was right, but I just hate him so much, I like to SAY that he was full of shit, even when it might not be true.)

My body runs a fishing boat in the Keys and had Boggs on board one day for some charity deal....said he was a booze bag drank a 30-pack and then some on the boat and made a total fool of himself at the dinner

Hi everyone.Just got in - and NOT from a LL game!From Ernie Shore Field actually, where I watched a really great ballgame that had Son of Fat Billy featured in a VERY prominent way.I'll fill in between innings or something, right now I'm trying to get GDGD up so I can catch up on the game.

Oh yeah, I guess I should change that.That's my niece. She was here last night when I finally figured out how to get to the pictures in my camera to pull out an avatar. I took the shot, posted it, and introduced her to the gang at Ish's blog. She was quite flattered by the attention she got.

Actually, a foul tip, by definition, is a tipped ball that goes directly into the glove and is caught. It is still a live ball. If it is not caught it's just a foul and it's a dead ball.Not to nitpik or anything.